Guides

Straight answers to the questions people actually ask — how to get something done on an iPhone, which models support what, and where an app helps. Newest first. Written by the team that builds Aide Calendar, Dual Camera and Invoice Aide and Mouse Aide, and kept up to date.

• Calendar widget for iPhone: your next event on the Home Screen See your next events and tasks on your Home Screen — three sizes, showing one, three or five items.
• Natural scrolling on the trackpad, reversed on the mouse Leave the macOS setting on and invert only the mouse. Why that combination is the one that works, and what you can already change without any app.
• Mac scrolling stopped working after installing an app Two utilities rewriting the same scroll events cancel each other out. How to confirm that in a few minutes, and how to fix it.
• How to add a school term schedule to your calendar Photograph the term dates letter and get every date as its own event — holidays, inset days, sports day.
• How to turn a to-do list into tasks without typing Photograph a handwritten list, share a message, paste it or say it — each line becomes a task with a due date.
• How to add your whole trip itinerary to your calendar without typing Screenshot your flight, hotel and train confirmations and get the whole trip on your calendar — times and confirmation numbers filled in.
• How to turn meeting notes into tasks Snap your meeting notes or a whiteboard and get the action items as tasks with due dates.
• How to turn a text message into a calendar event Screenshot an iMessage or SMS and get the date, time, place and the person's number onto your calendar.
• How to add events to your calendar without typing Screenshot, snap a photo, or just say it — three ways to add an event with nothing typed by hand.
• How to keep every sales follow-up on your calendar Turn a client's "call me Friday" into a reminder that actually pings you.
• How to connect ChatGPT to your calendar Add the Aide Calendar plugin in ChatGPT and ask it to save events and tasks straight to your calendar.
• The calendar app for busy executives Emails, invites and messages into meetings and tasks — attendees, dial-in and reminders filled in.
• How to turn an email into a calendar event Share a confirmation, invite or booking from Mail and get the appointment out of it — no retyping.
• The calendar app for busy salespeople Client texts and WhatsApps into meetings and follow-ups — phone number attached, no typing.
• How to turn a voice note into calendar events Speak your plans in 50+ languages and get events and tasks — no typing.
• How to add a WhatsApp message to your calendar Screenshot or share a WhatsApp chat and turn it into an event — with the phone number attached.
• How to turn a screenshot into a calendar event on iPhone Screenshot a text, chat or email and get it onto your calendar — no retyping.
• Which iPhones can record front and back at once? The full model list, and why iPhone XS is the cut-off.
• iPhone 17 Dual Capture vs a dual-camera app What Apple's Dual Capture offers, and what a dedicated app adds.
• How to record the front and back camera at the same time on iPhone The steps, what you need, and the two layouts to choose between.